Like, why Valve? I was so close to clearing out all the games I was partway through, now I need to add some demos to my backlog (not many, this Next Fest is kinda weak).

Probably could’ve made it but I haven’t picked a distro. I’m planning on turning my desktop into a dedicated gaming computer and not daily driver, because of the malware risk. I wanted something not finicky, something devs would test on as a known quantity, and preferably something Arch-based like SteamOS.

  • Garuda (Arch-based)
  • Bazzite (Known quantity, immutable, Fedora-based, I don’t trust it for some reason)
  • Nobara (Proton-adjacent distro, Fedora-based)
  • CachyOS (Super fast, Arch-based, presumably finicky?)
  • Windows 7 (Based, unsupported by steam, insecure)

BTW I have an AMD CPU and GPU. Figured I should’ve mentioned that.

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    CachyOS is solid, it effectively put a stop to my distro-hopping days(years). Been daily driving on my desktop and laptop for well over a year now, no complaints. Desktop: RTX 4080 / 9800x3d

    Edit: Felt I should mention I haven’t come across any games (old/new/big/small) that I can’t run. To be fair, though, I don’t tend to play any competitive online FPS.

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      If it’s solid then I probably should go for it. All else being equal a higher performance distro is better.

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        Yep, out of all the “gaming-friendly” distros I’ve tried (Bazzite, Nobara, Garuda, Pop!_OS, Mint, etc) Cachy has had the best performance and stability by far, and the least amount of weird quirks or bugs. Genuinely, one of the best distro experiences I’ve had in a long time.

        I do work with linux in a professional capacity every day and have been using Arch on and off for over 15 years, though. My perspective is likely a bit different than the average gamer. That said, I don’t find myself having to dig into things very much/often with Cachy, unless of course I want to. :p